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THOMAS NALLY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES PHELAN, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT OR SHOE UPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,898, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed June 8, 1887. Serial No. 240,580. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS NALLY, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Masssachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot or Shoe Uppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to facilitate the operation of fitting boot and shoe uppers to the hollow at the inner side of the shank of the last during the lasting operation; and it consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe.

a Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 represent side views of the inside quarter of va boot or shoe, showing my improvement. Fig. 3 represents a section on line or a, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a side view showing aquarter formed as illustrated in Fig. 2 laid on one formed as illustrated in Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 represent top views of a vamp, showing my improvement. Fig. 7 represents a top view showing the vamp shown in Fig. 6 laid on that shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 represents a sect-ion on line y :1 Fig. 6. Fig. 9 represents both the vamp and inside quarter stitched together.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the inside quarter, and b the vamp, of a boot or shoe upper. 7

In carrying out my invention I form the vamp andthe inside quarter with an excess of stock, whereby their area is increased, as indicated by the shaded portion 2, Figs. 1 and 5. I then, by means of suitable crimpingjaws, form one or more corrugations, c c, at or near the enlargement 2, said corrugations being formed so as to take up the excess of stock and give the pieces the usual superficial area, or, in other words, give their edges the same contour that they would have possessed if out in the usual manner without the excess or enlargement 2, above mentioned. The difference between the contour of the piece before and after the crimping or corrugating operation is clearly shown in Figs. 4. and 7, in which the inside quarter and vamp crimped or corrugated to take up the superfluous stock, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, are laid upon an inside quarter and vamp, which is not crimped or corrugated. The corrugation nearest the edge, which is stitched to the edge of the other part of the upper, is located at a distance from said edge, as shown, so that a fiat surface is presented at the edge sufficiently wide to be stitched to the edge of the other part. The quarter and vamp thus formed, being practically flat and of the usual contour, can be stitched together with ease, and at the same time are made flexible 0r extensible by the corrugations, so that they can be drawn easily into the hollow of the shank at the inner side of the last and fitted to the bottom of the last at this point during the lastingv operation.

It will" be seen that if the crimping or corrugating operations were not resorted to prior to the connection of the quarter to the vamp the stitching operation would be very difficult, as the contours of the overlapping edges of vamp and quarter would necessarily vary, while by the crimping operation said edges are made to conform, so that they can be stitched together as easily as they could if the quarter were not provided with the enlargement 2.

I prefer to form a single deep corrugation, c, which takes up the greater part or all of the surplus stock. If desired, a smaller corrugation maybe formed near the saiddeep corrugation, as shown. My invention 18 not limited, however, to the form or arrangement of corrugations herein shown.

I have found that by enlarging and crimping the vamp at its inside end, as well as the inside quarter, better results are produced 1n lasting on a last having a deep curve at itsinner side than by crimping the inside quarter only, and that when the inside curve of the last extends well forward the fullness and corrugations may be confined to the vamp.

I claim- A boot or shoe upper having a vamp cut with a fullness or excess of stock, 2, at its inside end and an inside quarter, also out with a corresponding fullness, 2, at that end which is stitched tothe vamp, the said vamp and the said quarter being each provided with one or more corrugations, 0, whereby the excesses 2 2 are taken up and the parts reduced to the outline or areanecessary for the convenient stitching of one to the other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 3d day of June, A. D. 1887.

Witnesses: THOMAS NALLY.

G. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

